Louis period styles

Louis period styles, 1610–1793, succession of modes of interior decoration and architecture that established France as a leading influence in the decorative arts.

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Louis period styles: Bibliography - Bibliography See S. de Ricci, Louis XIV and Regency Furniture and Decoration (1929); G. Souchal, ...
Louis period styles: Regence - Regence In contrast to the heavy, massive members and curves used in the period of Louis XIV, the ...
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